SM North alum lands on Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ list for being Washington Post’s TikTok creator

Shawnee native and SM North alumnus Dave Jorgenson runs The Washington Post's TikTok account — and landed on Forbes' Under 30 list because of it. Photo courtesy of Dave Jorgenson.

Dave Jorgenson, a Shawnee native and 2009 Shawnee Mission North graduate, recently landed on Forbes’ 2021 “30 Under 30” media list.

The “30 Under 30” media list features authors, journalists and content creators like Jorgenson, 29, who runs the Washington Post’s TikTok account. Since its conception in May 2019, the Post’s TikTok account has gained more than 750,000 followers and more than 30 million likes across all its videos.